TURKEY SENTENCED 40 PEOPLE TO LIFE IN PRISON OVER PLOT TO KILL ERDOGAN.PURELY " OPPOSITION CLEANSING".THOSE BRAVE MEN DESERVE A MEDAL.

General blames slain colleague for FETÖ plot to kill Erdoğan.Soldiers accused of the attempted assassination of President Erdoğan during the July 15 coup attempt blamed on FETÖ appeared.

Amid tight security measures and against the backdrop of a rallying call
for the reinstatement of the death penalty, 44 defendants were taken
into the conference hall of a local chamber of commerce, as the existing
courtroom in the city was unable to accommodate all defendants and
plaintiffs.

Sönmezateş was in command of 28 officers from different military units
gathered for the purpose of assassinating or capturing President Erdoğan
while he and his family were staying in a hotel in the district of
Marmaris in the Muğla province for a vacation.

A court in Turkey on Wednesday sentenced 40 people to life imprisonment
for trying to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the
failed coup attempted in July 2016.State-run Anadolu Agency (AA) said two unidentified suspects were
captured in a car in possession of guns, military fatigues, handcuffs
and bulletproof vests, although the AA report did not mention if their
target was Erdoğan. The operation comes a few weeks after Fetullah Gülen, the
fugitive U.S.-based FETÖ leader, implied an assassination attempt in
videotaped remarks. Gülen, who is believed to instruct his followers in
coded messages in his speeches, said "some circles" would carry out such
assassinations in Turkey soon. These
are matters everyone is speaking about behind closed doors," Gülen said
in a speech. Emre Uslu, a FETÖ figure who lives in the United States,
has cryptically tweeted recently that "leaders in the east leave office
only when they died.

TURKEY COUP: Ecstatic Turks in mass celebration after failed military revolution,Turkish nationals have taken to the streets for the second night in a row after a military coup was successfully crushed..Turkey coup prisoners starved, beaten and raped, Since the failed coup, a total of 13,165 people have been detained, Ankara: In the wake of the recent arrests over the attempted military coup, a report by Amnesty International revealed that the prisoners were starved, beaten, hogtied and even raped.

A total of46 suspects 37 of them former military personnel have been on trial since February in the city of Mugla accused of attempted assassination, violation of the constitution and other crimes against the state during the July 15, 2016, coup attempt.The defendants were accused of using helicopters to attack the hotel in the resort of Marmaris where Erdogan and his family members were staying, killing two policemen. Erdogan had left the hotel shortly before it was attacked.The judge ruled that Gursel, one of Turkey's most respected journalists, could go free after 11 months in jail though he remains on trial on charges of links to terror groups, an AFP correspondent said.The trial of the staff from Cumhuriyet, a paper which has been deeply critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was adjourned until October 31.

Erdogan waves to his supporters as he arrives to commemorate the one year anniversary of the July 15, 2016 failed coup.

16 comments - TURKEY SENTENCED 40 PEOPLE TO LIFE IN PRISON OVER PLOT TO KILL ERDOGAN.PURELY " OPPOSITION CLEANSING".THOSE BRAVE MEN DESERVE A MEDAL.

Michael - October 5, 2017 at 5:40 pm

What are the chances of those people getting a fair trial in a megalomaniac led hellhole that is Turkey?God help them now.

Jimmy - October 5, 2017 at 5:46 pm

The most annoying thing however is US and EU continuing pandering to Turkish state allowing them to get away with murder and genocide for too long.

Sanddy - October 5, 2017 at 6:06 pm

One of the lawyers representing the prime ministry, Halit Cokan, said the verdict stemmed from an "open trial" and demonstrated "Turkey was a state with the rule of law".

John - October 5, 2017 at 6:07 pm

Erdogan has said the assassination plot left him minutes from death after he fled the Grand Yazici Hotel in Marmaris, where he had been holidaying with his family, and went back to Istanbul by plane.hmmm

Diana - October 5, 2017 at 6:08 pm

But some commentators have cast doubt on whether the president was in such immediate danger as the "assassination team" only arrived at the hotel well after he had left.

Hanna - October 5, 2017 at 6:09 pm

The 'coup' was fake. It was Erdogan 's ploy to round up his enemies. Turkey going back into the dark ages. Brits who holiday there should be reminded that in doing do they are supporting an oppressive dictators regime.

Andy - October 5, 2017 at 6:19 pm

Some Erdogan supporters had called for the plotters to face the death penalty, which Turkey abolished in 2004 as part of its bid to join the European Union.

Denise - October 5, 2017 at 6:20 pm

At least 200 people outside the court waving Turkish flags shouted "we want the death penalty" and "we want justice", as they called for Gulen to be extradited to Turkey to be tried.

Zjancyian - October 5, 2017 at 6:23 pm

Erdogan has repeatedly told crowds at rallies he would approve legislation reimposing the death penalty if it was approved by Parliament.

Anissa - October 5, 2017 at 6:25 pm

Turkey has blamed the coup on the movement led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose followers are accused of infiltrating the military and other state institutions.

Robby - October 5, 2017 at 6:27 pm

Many questions were raised regarding the entire scene such as why Mr. Erdogan’s military aides (who were arrested on coup charges) did not arrest him or how the soldiers did not know the address of the hotel before they arrived to carry out such a high-profile job.

Zasskia - October 5, 2017 at 6:48 pm

Another general who was accused of leading an assassination team to kill Mr. Erdogan during a failed coup attempt rejected charges, saying that the mission was to capture Mr. Erdogan and bring him safely back to Ankara.

Wanda - October 5, 2017 at 6:50 pm

According to the government account, Mr. Erdogan shortly left before putschist troops raided his hotel, avoiding a possible high-profile capture or assassination in a fast-moving saga that night and flew to Istanbul in a triumphant way as the uprising was decisively defeated.

Richard - October 5, 2017 at 6:54 pm

The trial commanded nationwide interest given that it is the only trial into July 15 coup attempt of which President Erdogan involves as a plaintiff. “They arrived at the scene with the intention of killing the president.

Ted - October 5, 2017 at 6:55 pm

During Turkey’s coup attempt in July, Senior Master Sgt. Omer Halisdemir, a noncommissioned officer (NCO) with the Turkish military’s Special Forces Command (OKK), answered that question in the affirmative.

Eliane - October 5, 2017 at 6:56 pm

All the suspects who survived the episode are now bickering about the sequence of events and who is to blame. Since the murder trial started in Ankara Feb. 21, the defendants have been contradicting each other on who opened fire on Halisdemir after he shot Terzi.